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bridge

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vermilion (colour); cinnabar

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to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer

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piling up; multiple layers

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castle tower; keep; donjon

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taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

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majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance

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to be conspicuous; to stand out

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taking a commemorative photo

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pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

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contrast

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photogenicity

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moat; fosse; canal; ditch

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wall; fence

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inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip

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just the other day; quite recently

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details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

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to take someone's hand

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to change the schedule; to change one's plans

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museum; reference library; archive; record office

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at that time; in those days

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matchlock; arquebus

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exhibition; display

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Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon

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refining; purification; careful manufacture

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contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

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gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)

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sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

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(large) gun; cannon; artillery; long-ball hitter; home-run hitter

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to make eye contact

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model; dummy; maquette

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eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance

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one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage

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all you want; as much as one wants

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unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

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sly; cunning; crafty

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almost completely empty; virtually empty; inadequately defended; undefended; unguarded

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affirmation; affirmative

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luckily

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bench

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to encamp; to take up positions

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to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing

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cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)

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dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group

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to put into the mouth; to eat

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stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill

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to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fascinate; to enchant; to possess

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takoyaki; octopus dumplings

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